"Just my opinion, but I bet the Border Patrol story about them leaking
Minuteman and other border watch group location and numbers to
the Mexican Consulate is what made Bush have to get serious about
this. He’s been in trouble about the border for a long time, but I
think that might have pushed it over the edge."
That surely set off alarm bells in The Oval Office.
But, IMHO...
I suspect Tom Osburne's primary loss in Nebraska last Tuesday may have
been the "tipping point" wake-up call for Dubya:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632158/posts
If supporting goodies for illegals gets Tom Osborne a smack-down
in Nebraska...that's a storm warning sign for other Republicans.
I agree with you. I've been saying for months that if the pubs will get their heads out of their fartknockers long enough to figure out they have more to fear from the Conservative voter majority because of inaction, than the have to fear from the frothing liberal minority calling them racists because of taking action, they'd be a permanent majority. Especially considering that the middle of the road voters want the border secured also and are sick of this crap and they'll vote the big "R" every November if the Republicans get serious and secure the border and deport illegals and force obediance of our laws. It's just that simple.
If the Republicans in Congress will find, rent, steal a spine and come out hard against illegals demanding deportation, and demanding the border being secured they would find that the strong vocal support by 3 out of 5 Americans would easily drown out the frothing liberal minority calling the racists. But many pubs are so scared of being called racists that don't seem to understand that most Americans are sick of the border pharce and want it to be dealt with, and will support them strongly if they will just do so. Most Americans know good and well that being anti-illegal immigrant isn't even close to being racist. That's just the typical accusation from liberals to any Conservative deciding to make tough decisions, the liberals of course being the real racists.